Internet Addicts

Teen Internet Addicts More Likely To Hit, Pinch, Harm Themselves: Study

msn.com | Posted 12.04.2009 | Technology


Teenagers who are addicted to the Internet are more likely to engage in self-harm behavior, according to an Australian-Chinese study. Researchers s...

Internet Addicts: China Bans Corporal Punishment In Web Rehab

tech.yahoo.com | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology


BEIJING (AFP) -China has issued rules banning the beating and confinement of youths being treated for Internet addiction after revelations of abuse at...

Internet Addiction Center Opens In U.S.

Guardian | Ed Pilkington | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media


If you have to take a quick break from reading this article to check your Blackberry, send a text or reboot your Xbox 360 before you reach the end of ...

China Shock Therapy On Internet Addicts To Be Ended

AP | Henry Sanderson | Posted 08.14.2009 | Home


BEIJING (AP) -- China's Health Ministry has ordered a hospital to stop using electric shock therapy to cure youths of Internet addiction, saying there...

Addicted to (Pretty)Porn: One Woman's Story

E. A. Hanks | Posted 01.03.2009 | Style


E. A. Hanks

I have a problem: I can't stop looking at porn. I can look at it for hours and I'm not satisfied. Worse, I think it's giving me unrealistic expectatio...

Report: One In Three Americans Would Give Up Sex, Friends For Web

Reuters | Belinda Goldsmith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Surfing the net has become an obsession for many Americans with the majority of U.S. adults feeling they cannot go for a week without going online and...

Chinese Man Dies After Playing Internet Games For Three Days Straight

Reuters Via ZDNet | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


A Chinese man dropped dead after playing Internet games for three consecutive days, state media said on Monday, as China seeks to wean Internet addict...